Team

Who’s behind L-Pub? Get to know the people who are building the technology and blazing the trail for its future.

David P. SteelManaging Director

David was born in the U.S. and moved to Germany in 1996. He started working on the conception of the L-Pub technology in 2013 and founded the company in 2015. He speaks English, German and Italian. His background is in teaching, translating, copywriting, marketing strategy as well as media conception & production.

Franck ValentinSoftware Engineer

Franck was born in France, lived in England for 6 years, and moved to Germany 4 years ago. He started working for L-Pub in 2015 and is one of our founding members. He speaks French, English and is learning German (with a little help from our products!). His background is in software engineering and system architecture.

Battista VailatiSoftware Engineer

Battista was born in Italy and has lived in Belgium and Germany for over 15 years. He has been working on the L-Pub technology since 2013 and is one of our founding members. He speaks Italian, English, German, French and Flemish. His background is in software engineering for highly complex data management projects.

Leonore KleinkaufProject Manager

Leonore was born in Germany and has lived in Germany and Sweden. She began working on the development of L-Pub in 2013 and is one of our founding members. Leonore speaks German, English and Swedish. Her background is in media management & production.

Vanessa AppohComputer Linguist

Vanessa was born in Germany and has lived in Germany and England. She has been working for L-Pub since 2015. She speaks German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Dutch. Her background is in language learning technology and didactics.

Anette JohnMarketing Manager

Anette was born in Poland and moved to Germany when she was 8 years old. She has been working for L-Pub since 2015. She speaks German, Polish and English. Her background is in PR, copywriting, transcreation and social media management.

If you would like to join our team and think you have a skill set that would complement ours well, please get in touch! We look forward to hearing from you.

L-Pub

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES

L-Pub stands for “Learning Publications”, which encompasses learning in the traditional sense as well as simply giving readers access to relevant, in-context information. That’s what the “L” in L-Pub is all about: letting readers still their curiosity.

Our core product offer to content owners is the L-Book, a new standard in digital reading created by L-Pub. Based on our core competences in natural language processing and termbase structuring, we also offer a range of related services to content owners across all genres and sectors.